Offbeat mice

Anatomical Record - Part A Discoveries in Molecular, Cellular, and Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 280, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 1022-1026

  Gaussin, Vinciane ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac conduction system; Connexin; Development; Knockout mice

Indexed keywords

2 DIPROPYLAMINO 8 HYDROXY 1 METHYLTETRALIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE KINASE; MOLECULAR MARKER; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART DISEASE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOUSE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIA; CONNEXINS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEART BLOCK; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MODELS, ANIMAL; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 4844227167     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.a.20074     Document Type: Conference Paper

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